Senior​/Principal Civil & Structural Engineer

InSite Technical Services Limited (InSite), part of Vulcain Engineering Group, is a UK-based engineering consultancy with an international footprint, delivering expert engineering design, project management, and technical support across a range of energy and industrial sectors.

With a strong track record in the oil refining, terminals, LNG, and renewables industries, InSite combines its specialist expertise with the scale, capability and global reach of the Vulcain group to help clients meet the challenges of the energy transition and deliver projects that support a more sustainable future.

Our team of experienced engineers and designers bring technical expertise and industry insight to every project, offering value, assurance, and innovative thinking from concept to execution. InSite specialises in conceptualising, designing, and supporting projects that have a lasting, positive impact on the world of tomorrow.

We are seeking a Senior/Principal Civil & Structural Engineer to strengthen our growing engineering and design consultancy. This role is ideal for an experienced professional engineer who brings deep technical expertise, particularly process industries and/or the water industry, and can provide disciplined leadership across a diverse portfolio of industrial/energy/water projects.

As a senior member of the team, you will lead key technical decisions, oversee civil/structural design scopes, mentor engineers across all levels, and represent the Civil & Structural discipline in client, contractor, and vendor engagements. You will play a pivotal role in shaping best practices, improving design approaches, and elevating the technical capability of the team.

• Lead the delivery, technical review and assurance of civil and structural engineering outputs, including calculations, specifications, reports, drawings and design documentation, ensuring high quality and compliance with relevant standards.
• Provide senior technical leadership on civil and structural design challenges, including structural analysis, load path definition, foundation strategy and buildability considerations.
• Act as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor on structural assessments, including finite element modelling, stability assessments, and the evaluation of structural robustness and resilience.
• Deliver and oversee analysis and design using industry-standard tools (such as SCIA, Robot, Tekla Structural Designer, Tekla Tedds and IDEA Stati Ca, or equivalent), selecting appropriate methods and approaches to suit project requirements; familiarity with these tools listed is beneficial.
• Develop and implement project-specific design philosophies, technical standards and specifications for steel, reinforced concrete and civil infrastructure, ensuring alignment with client requirements, codes and best practice.
• Define and manage scope, deliverables and resourcing for civil and structural design packages, supporting project planning, commercial input, risk management and change control within a consultancy environment.
• Act as the primary civil and structural interface with clients, stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams, providing clear technical guidance, resolving complex queries, and maintaining strong client relationships.
• Collaborate across disciplines to deliver integrated and innovative design solutions, contributing to design reviews, constructability assessments, safety workshops and key project gateways.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and professional development for engineers, promoting a culture of excellence, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

This role offers the opportunity to lead technically challenging, high-impact projects while playing a key part in shaping and enhancing the capability of the Civil and Structural discipline. You’ll join a growing consultancy where your influence directly contributes to team development and client outcomes, with professional development, Chartership support and clear pathways into discipline leadership.…